org.bukkit.inventory.meta
Interface BookMeta

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, ConfigurationSerializable, ItemMeta

public interface BookMeta
extends ItemMeta

Represents a book (Material.BOOK_AND_QUILL or Material.WRITTEN_BOOK) that can have a title, an author, and pages.

Method Summary

void	addPage(String... pages) Adds new pages to the end of the book.
BookMeta	clone()
String	getAuthor() Gets the author of the book.
String	getPage(int page) Gets the specified page in the book.
int	getPageCount() Gets the number of pages in the book.
List<String>	getPages() Gets all the pages in the book.
String	getTitle() Gets the title of the book.
boolean	hasAuthor() Checks for the existence of an author in the book.
boolean	hasPages() Checks for the existence of pages in the book.
boolean	hasTitle() Checks for the existence of a title in the book.
void	setAuthor(String author) Sets the author of the book.
void	setPage(int page, String data) Sets the specified page in the book.
void	setPages(List<String> pages) Clears the existing book pages, and sets the book to use the provided pages.
void	setPages(String... pages) Clears the existing book pages, and sets the book to use the provided pages.
boolean	setTitle(String title) Sets the title of the book.

Methods inherited from interface org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta

addEnchant, getDisplayName, getEnchantLevel, getEnchants, getLore, hasDisplayName, hasEnchant, hasEnchants, hasLore, removeEnchant, setDisplayName, setLore

Methods inherited from interface org.bukkit.configuration.serialization.ConfigurationSerializable

serialize

Method Detail

hasTitle

boolean hasTitle()

Checks for the existence of a title in the book.

Returns:

true if the book has a title

getTitle

String getTitle()

Gets the title of the book. Plugins should check that hasTitle() returns true before calling this method.

Returns:

the title of the book

setTitle

boolean setTitle(String title)

Sets the title of the book. Limited to 16 characters. Removes title when given null.

Parameters:

title - the title to set

Returns:

true if the title was successfully set

hasAuthor

boolean hasAuthor()

Checks for the existence of an author in the book.

Returns:

the author of the book

getAuthor

String getAuthor()

Gets the author of the book. Plugins should check that hasAuthor() returns true before calling this method.

Returns:

the author of the book

setAuthor

void setAuthor(String author)

Sets the author of the book. Removes author when given null.

Parameters:

author - the author of the book

hasPages

boolean hasPages()

Checks for the existence of pages in the book.

Returns:

true if the book has pages

getPage

String getPage(int page)

Gets the specified page in the book. The given page must exist.

Parameters:

page - the page number to get

Returns:

the page from the book

setPage

void setPage(int page,
             String data)

Sets the specified page in the book. Pages of the book must be contiguous. The data can be up to 256 characters in length, additional characters are trucated.

Parameters:

page - the page number to set

data - the data to set for that page

getPages

List<String> getPages()

Gets all the pages in the book.

Returns:

list of all the pages in the book

setPages

void setPages(List<String> pages)

Clears the existing book pages, and sets the book to use the provided pages. Maximum 50 pages with 256 characters per page.

Parameters:

pages - A list of pages to set the book to use

setPages

void setPages(String... pages)

Clears the existing book pages, and sets the book to use the provided pages. Maximum 50 pages with 256 characters per page.

Parameters:

pages - A list of strings, each being a page

addPage

void addPage(String... pages)

Adds new pages to the end of the book. Up to a maximum of 50 pages with 256 characters per page.

Parameters:

pages - A list of strings, each being a page

getPageCount

int getPageCount()

Gets the number of pages in the book.

Returns:

the number of pages in the book

clone

BookMeta clone()

Specified by:

clone in interface ItemMeta